Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

षष्ठ्यां सूर्यदिने भक्त्या व्यतीपाते च वै धृतौ । संक्रान्तौ ग्रहणेऽमायां ये व्रजन्ति जितेन्द्रियाः

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭhyāṃ sūryadine bhaktyā vyatīpāte ca vai dhṛtau | saṃkrāntau grahaṇe'māyāṃ ye vrajanti jitendriyāḥ

Translation

Ceux qui, maîtres d’eux-mêmes, s’y rendent avec foi au sixième tithi, le jour du Soleil, lors de Vyatīpāta et de Dhṛti, à Saṅkrānti, pendant une éclipse et à l’amāvasyā, obtiennent un mérite hors du commun.

Word by Word

• षष्ठ्याम्: on the sixth lunar day
• षष्ठ्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्ठी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तिथिवाचकः

• सूर्यदिने: on Sunday
• सूर्यदिने: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सूर्यस्य दिनम्)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; साधनभावः

• व्यतीपाते: at Vyatīpāta (astral conjunction)
• व्यतीपाते: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यतीपात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; योगविशेषः

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: 'and')

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• धृतौ: at Dhṛti (astral conjunction)
• धृतौ: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; योगविशेषः (Dhṛti)

• संक्रान्तौ: at a solar ingress (saṅkrānti)
• संक्रान्तौ: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्रान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• ग्रहणे: during an eclipse
• ग्रहणे: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रहण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अमायाम्: on new-moon day
• अमायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमावास्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; 'अमायाम्' इति संक्षिप्तरूपम्

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-यः-तत् (relative pronoun)

• व्रजन्ति: go, proceed
• व्रजन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• जितेन्द्रियाः: self-controlled (having conquered the senses)
• जितेन्द्रियाः: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित (कृदन्त; √जि धातु, क्त) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (जितानि इन्द्रियाणि येषाम्)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) — continued quoted teaching (time-based tīrtha prescriptions)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ravitīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims arriving at the river ford carrying small bundles and waterpots; above them a symbolic sky-wheel showing Ṣaṣṭhī moon, the Sun (Sunday), saṅkrānti solar ingress, and an eclipse disc—indicating sacred timing.

Characters & Entities

• Ṣaṣṭhī
• Sunday (Sūrya-dina)
• Vyatīpāta
• Dhṛti
• Saṅkrānti
• Grahaṇa (eclipse)
• Amāvāsyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic practice joins devotion with sacred timing: visiting a tīrtha on potent calendrical moments amplifies merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The time-list is given in the ongoing Ravitīrtha context of Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Go to the tīrtha with devotion and self-control on ṣaṣṭhī, Sundays, Vyatīpāta/Dhṛti yogas, Saṅkrānti, eclipses, and amāvāsyā.